Why Reno’s Free Speech Champions Don’t Have Your Back If Kitty Genovese’s name rings a bell, that bell should have a somber tone. Here’s why: it is commonly told that in 1964 Genovese was sexually assaulted and murdered in front of a number of bystanders, all of whom did nothing to stop [...]
April 2, 2009
A manifesto for credibility The emergence of the Information Age has given most everyone access to an unlimited wealth of knowledge. More recently, as social online media have flourished, there is an even greater rate of participation. With that, curiously, has been a trend to claim expertise. Tim Ferriss’ book, The Four Hour Work Week (which I [...]
March 26, 2009
Perhaps it’s no coincidence that in the past month I have been pitched to no less than three times (two directly, one indirectly) to purchase print advertisements. One I deliberately ignored twice (sorry, New York Times), the other was a fruitless hour and half leaving me with an empty heart; not because the ROI on [...]
March 14, 2009
And the importance of a research-based mindset There appears to be a fundamental underestimation of the importance of research. Yet those in research fields, or those trained in research methodologies, quickly learn the difference between opinion and innuendo versus data-based knowledge. It’s not to say one is inherently superior over the other; rather, data-driven knowledge [...]
February 21, 2009
RENO BLOGGERS L-R: Ryan “Mr. Jerz” Jerz, (not visible) Ron “Local So & So,” Mike “Mike My Words” McDowell, Mike “I Am Indisposed” Henderson, Jim Scripps, Danielle Marie Henderson, me and Andrew (?). Photo by Mike “Reno Third Eye” Jamieson. [NOTE: This week’s soundtrack is CIVIL WAR by Dillinger 4.] Man am I feeling like [...]
May 8, 2009